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A high school student discovers a supernatural notebook that has deadly powers. He can kill anyone he wishes simply by inscribing their name within its pages. Intoxicated with his new power, he begins to eliminate those he deems unworthy of life.
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Death Note benefits from director Adam Wingard's distinctive eye and a talented cast, but they aren't enough to overcome a fatally overcrowded canvas.

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Alison Willmore BuzzFeed News 08/31/2017
Netflix's Death Note fails Asian-Americans in the more mundane way that most Hollywood releases continue to . Go to Full Review
Elena Lazic Little White Lies 08/29/2017
1/5
A project that feels both overdetermined and underdeveloped. Go to Full Review
Clio Chang The New Republic 08/28/2017
Director Adam Wingard has robbed Death Note of its identity, messing up nearly everything that made the original series so compelling. Go to Full Review
Jamie Healy Radio Times 05/02/2024
3/5
Strikes the right balance between the grim, the grisly and the fun. Go to Full Review
Ernesto Zelaya Miñano ScreenAnarchy 02/03/2023
This is probably the result of trying to cram an entire series in under two hours, which leads to a climax as convoluted as the Note’s seemingly endless rules. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 03/17/2022
1.5/4
Wingard's lack of control over the material seems unlike his work, and yet the uneven result speaks for itself. Go to Full Review
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Turkey F @Wiansw 2d Personally, I think that this movie would be rated much better if it wasn't related to the Manga or Anime. This movie isn't all too bad, it does occasionally contradict (e.g. Watari getting controled by the death note despite not having his last name written down) itself, it has some strange changes from the source material and some dialog doesn't make too much sense if you think about it too hard. I thought that the casting was really good, Willem Dafoe makes a pretty good God of death and L's actor (Sorry, I don't know his name) was also pretty good considering the story. My only problem is that Ryuk doesn't have much screentime and the characters feel a bit 2 dimensional. I also miss the convouluted plots of the original, but I suppose it would make the Movie too long if they had to explain plans half the movie. They defnitley made strange changes from the original (e.g. burning a page of the death note to save someone, and the movie taking place in Seattle instead of Japan) See more Micheal K @Kaiser675 Feb 19 Uma bosta nada parecido ao anime e parece outra coisa do que death note See more Nam8 L @NamOliver8 Feb 14 Ahh cheeks film, no Misa-Misa? Who is Mia Sutton? Willem Dafoe being Ryuk is funny. See more Daniel v @Daniel_vdW Feb 10 it is putrid garbage See more Scarlett B @ScarlettJxyde Feb 7 absolutely horrible! im outraged honestly, this is nothing like the anime! makes me want to be put in the death note. they made L nothing like the anime L, Light is called Light Turner. Its been absolutely americanized! horrible. please make sure this movie gets removed from the multiverse! thankyou!!!!!! if you have watched this movie im sorry!! See more munci33__ T @debil__ Feb 7 Whoever made this deserves punishment by death See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A high school student discovers a supernatural notebook that has deadly powers. He can kill anyone he wishes simply by inscribing their name within its pages. Intoxicated with his new power, he begins to eliminate those he deems unworthy of life.
Director
Adam Wingard
Producer
Jason Hoffs, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Masi Oka
Screenwriter
Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, Jeremy Slater
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 25, 2017
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos
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